Belt-lacing tool.



J. W, KANE & W. R. CHRISTIE.

BELT LAGING TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED 11.53.10, 1909.

Patented Aug. 1Q, 1909.

ANnlEw. B. GRAMMI e0.. PmmuruamuPHm WASHINGYON. n. u

JAMES W. KANEANDWILLIAMV R. CHRISTIE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BELT-Laarne Toor..

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented lAug. 10, 1909.

Application ledlarch 10, 1909.` Serial No. 482,915.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES W. KANE, a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county "and State of New York, and VVILLminrR. CHRISTIE, a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, both citizens of the United States, have invented a new and 1mproved Belt-Lacing Tool, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description.

This invention relates to tools adapted to be used in lacing the ends of belts together.

It consists in a gouge which is adapted to cut openings in the belt of any size desired, and a slicing knife which is adapted to cut lacings for the, belt of a size such that they will illthe Vopenings .cut by the gouge.

The invention further consists in the construction aud combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a partial longitudinal section through the center of the device; Fig. 2 is a partial longitudinal section through the center of the device, taken at right-angles to the section shown in Fig. 1, parts being reversed in position; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section showing the method of binding the cutting member to the casing.

Referring more particularly to the separate parts of the device, 1 indicates a casing, in which is'adapted to` slide a gouge 2. The casing 1 is in the form of a hollow cylinder open at both ends and has a slot 3 running lengthwise of the casing. The

gouge 2 has at one end a tapered cutter 4:'

which is concave and has converging knife edges on both sides. At the other end the gouge is in the form of a hollow cylinder with a pair of registering slots 5. These slots 5 permit this end of the gouge to be sprung apart. A blade 6 is adapted to be inserted in this gouge at one end and serves to assist in binding the gouge to the casing. This is done by means of a'screw 7, which is adapted to pass through an opening in the blade and also through an opening 8 in the gouge. The head end of the screw 7 ts up against the blade, and the other end extends through the slot 3 in the casing 1 and is adapted to be engaged by a nut 9, having a knurled surface in order that it may be grasped more readily. In inserting the screw 7 in position, it is passed through an opening" 10 in the gouge, which is of sufcient size to let the head of the screw 7 pass all the way through.

The blade 6 has a sharpened edge 11 which is adapted to slice belt lacings from any suitable material, such as rawhide. At the same end of thecasing at which the blade 6 is located is supported a guide 12, adjustable relatively to the blade 6 and the casing 1. This guide 12 has a portion 13 extending at substantially a righ-t angle to the main portion, and passing through an opening 14:

in the casing 1, to steady the guide and pre-` vent its rotating. The guide itself is supported on the casing by means of an adjusting screw 15, adapted to be screwed into and -out of an opening in the casing 1, and on the screw 15 is a nut 16,`which acts as a lockingynut to hold the guide 12 in adjusted position.

17 indicates a handle for the device. This handle is removably secured to the casing by `means of a set-screw 18. This handle may be placed on either end of the device, according to which part it is desired to use.

The operation of the device` is readily understood from the above description. 1n Fig. 2the device is shown in the position in which it is used tol gouge holes in the belt. The gouge is inserted in the belt up to the point where the width of the gouge will cut out the proper sized opening; then the whole tool isrevolved and the material out out of the belt.v .The `handle 17 is then removed and the nut loosened and the tool shifted to the other end of the casing, where the blade 6 may bey used. The gage 12 is then adjusted so that the distance between the knife edge 11 and the surface 19 of the guide corresponds to the width of the lacing desired. The blade 6'n1ay then be used to slice a lacing from a strip of rawhide or the like. The blade 6 has the function of spreading the upper end of the gouge 2 apart so that one-half is bound by means of the screw 7 to the inner side of the casing 1, thus holding the tool in any adjusted position.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a belt lacing tool, the combination with a casing, of a tool in said casing, having a slot therein, a blade adapted to t in said slot, and fastening means for securing said blade to said tool and to said casing.

2. In a belt lacing tool, the combination with a casing, of a tool in said casing having a slot therein, a blade adapted to it in the slot in said tool, and a screw fastened to said blade adapted to bind said tool to the casing.

3. ln a belt lacing tool, thecombination with a casing, of a tool adapted to slide in said casing, a gouge on one end of said tool, and a slicing' .niife on the other end of said tool.

In a belt lacing tool, the combination with a easing, of a gouge having a pair of slots therein and adapted to slide in said casing, a blade adapted to i'it in said slots, and means engaging said blade, adapted to bind said gouge to the casing.

5. ln a belt lacing tool, the combination with a casing having a slot therein, of a gouge having a pair of slots therein and adapted to slide in said casing, a blade adapted to lit in said slots in said gouge, and means engaging said blade, adapted to slide in said slot in said casing and bind the gouge to the casing.

6. In a belt lacing tool, the combination with a casing, of a gouge adapted to slide in said casing, and means for binding said gouge tothe casing, said means including a blade having a sharpened edge.

`7. In`a belt lacing tool, the combination with a casing, of a gouge adapted to slide in said casing, a slicing blade connected to said gouge, and blade adapted to casing.

8. ln a belt lacing tool, the combination with a casing, of a gouge adapted to slide in said casing, a slicing blade connected to said gouge, means connected to said blade adapted to bind said gouge to the casing, and a gage for said blade on the casing.

9. In a belt lacing' tool, the combination with a casing, of a blade adapted to be fastened to said casing, a guide adapted to coact with said blade, a screw for adjusting said guide, and a lock-nut for said screw.

l0. In a belt lacing tool, the combination with a casing having a perforation therein, of a blade adapted to be fastened to said casing, a guide sliding in said perforation in bind said gouge to the means connected to saidv said casing, a screw adapted to adjustably fasten said guide to the casing, and a locknut for said screw.

1l. In a belt lacing tool, the combination with a casing having a slot running longitudinall)Y thereof, a slotted gouge having a tapered knife edge adapted to slide in said casing, a blade having a sharpened edge adapted to t in slots in said gouge, and a screw engaging said blade adapted to bind the gouge to the casing and also adapted to slide in the slot in said casing.

1Q. in ar belt lacing tool, the combination with a casing having a slot ruiming longitedinally thereof, a slotted gouge having tapered knife edges adapted to slide in said casing, a blade having a sharpened edge adapted to tit in slots in said gouge, a screw engaging' said blade, adapted to bind the gouge to the casing' and also adapted to slide in the slotin said casing, a gage adjastably fastened to the casing adapted to coact with said blade, and a handle for the asing.

13. In a belt lacing tool, the combination with a casing having a slot therein, of a slotted gouge having registering openings therein, a scre adapted to pass through one of said openings and engage another of said openings, a blade engaging said screw and adapted to it in slots in said gouge, means engaging said screw, adapted to bind the gouge to the casing, a guide slidingly engaging said casing and adapted to coact with said blade, a screw engaging said casing and said guide, adapted to adjust said guide relatively to the blade, a lock-nut for said screw, a handle for said casing, and means for removabl7 fastening said handle to said casing.

ll. In a belt lacing tool, the con'ibination with a casing, of a tool slidable in said casing, having an integral cutting men'ibcr thereon, and a removable cutting member secured to said tool and adapted to slide with said tool in said casing.

ln testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JirlvlES lV. KANE. VUM R. CHRISTIE. liVitncsses lV. lV. Hoi/r,

Evmnu-:n B. MARSHALL. 

